IP Library Granted Patent US 10,443,414
Granted Patent B2
US 10,443,414 · App. 15/311,788 · Granted Oct 15, 2019

Turbine casing, turbine, core for casting turbine casing, and method for producing turbine casing

Inventors: Takao Yokoyama (Tokyo, JP); Yoji Akiyama (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
F01D9/026B22C9/10F01D25/24F02B39/00F02B37/025F05D2220/40F05D2230/21F05D2240/14
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Patent No.
US 10,443,414
App. No.
15/311,788
Granted
Oct 15, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A turbine casing includes: a shroud of a cylindrical shape defining an operational flow path between the shroud and a hub of a turbine rotor; a scroll outer peripheral wall continuing from an end side of the shroud and extending along a circumferential direction of the shroud; and a partition wall disposed inside the scroll outer peripheral wall and dividing an inside of the scroll outer peripheral wall into a first scroll flow path and a second scroll flow path disposed adjacent to each other in an axial direction of the shroud. The shroud, the scroll outer peripheral wall, and the partition wall are formed integrally by casting. The partition wall has a widening section which partially increases a communication area between at least two of the first scroll flow path, the second scroll flow path, and the operational flow path, in the circumferential direction of the shroud.

Claims (31)

1. A turbine casing, comprising:

a shroud of a cylindrical shape defining an operational flow path between the shroud and a hub of a turbine rotor;

a scroll outer peripheral wall continuing from an end side of the shroud and extending along a circumferential direction of the shroud; and

a partition wall disposed inside the scroll outer peripheral wall and dividing an inside of the scroll outer peripheral wall into a first scroll flow path and a second scroll flow path disposed adjacent to each other in an axial direction of the shroud,

wherein the shroud, the scroll outer peripheral wall, and the partition wall are formed integrally by casting,

wherein the partition wall, from a root end to a far end, is formed of molten metal poured into a runner formed between a main mold and a core,

wherein the partition wall has a widening section which partially increases a communication area between at least two of the first scroll flow path, the second scroll flow path, and the operational flow path, in the circumferential direction of the shroud,

wherein the widening section includes at least one cutout portion provided for an inner peripheral side of the partition wall, and

wherein the at least one cutout portion includes a plurality of cutout portions disposed rotationally symmetric with respect to an axis of the shroud.

2. A turbine casing, comprising:

a shroud of a cylindrical shape defining an operational flow path between the shroud and a hub of a turbine rotor;

a scroll outer peripheral wall continuing from an end side of the shroud and extending along a circumferential direction of the shroud; and

a partition wall disposed inside the scroll outer peripheral wall and dividing an inside of the scroll outer peripheral wall into a first scroll flow path and a second scroll flow path disposed adjacent to each other in an axial direction of the shroud,

wherein the shroud, the scroll outer peripheral wall, and the partition wall are formed integrally by casting,

wherein the partition wall, from a root end to a far end, is formed of molten metal poured into a runner formed between a main mold and a core,

wherein the partition wall has a widening section which partially increases a communication area between at least two of the first scroll flow path, the second scroll flow path, and the operational flow path, in the circumferential direction of the shroud, and

wherein the partition wall includes a rectifying portion disposed around the at least one through hole.

3. A turbine casing, comprising:

a shroud of a cylindrical shape defining an operational flow path between the shroud and a hub of a turbine rotor;

a scroll outer peripheral wall continuing from an end side of the shroud and extending along a circumferential direction of the shroud; and

a partition wall disposes inside the scroll outer peripheral wall and dividing an inside of the scroll outer peripheral wall into a first scroll flow path and a second scroll flow path disposed adjacent to each other in an axial direction of the shroud,

wherein the shroud, the scroll outer peripheral wall, and the partition wall are formed integrally by casting,

wherein the partition wall, from a root end to a far end, is formed of molten metal poured into a runner formed between a main mold and a core,

wherein the partition wall has a widening section which partially increases a communication area between at least two of the first scroll flow path, the second scroll flow path, and the operational flow path, in the circumferential direction of the shroud,

wherein the widening section includes at least one bend portion provided for an inner peripheral side of the partition wall, and

wherein the at least one bend portion includes:

at least one first bend portion widening a throat portion of the first scroll flow path facing the operational flow path; and

at least one second bend portion widening a throat portion of the second scroll flow path facing the operational flow path.

4. A turbine comprising the turbine casing according to claim 1 .

5. A turbine comprising the turbine casing according to claim 2 .

6. A turbine comprising the turbine casing according to claim 3 .

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 8, 2018
From: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
Reel/Frame 046031/0662 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 17, 2016
From: YOKOYAMA, TAKAO; AKIYAMA, YOJI
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 040356/0370 →
Continuity (1)
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